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1. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: identifying a first distribution board of the plurality of distribution boards; identifying one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors installed on at least one inlet line of the first distribution board, the identifying of the one or more IoT sensors based on measurement points information associated with the one or more IoT sensors; and metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to the power consumed by the electric devices that are electrically connected with the first distribution board, the metering based on values of the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining that at least one of the inlet lines is wired a single-phase type; estimating that a first IoT sensor has a wiring error; and calibrating a value of the power data associated with the first IoT sensor by using a calibration constant.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining that at least one of the inlet lines is wired a multi-phase type; acquiring a Potential Transformer (PT) matrix and a Current Transformer (CT) matrix as mis-wiring matrices associated with the multi-phase type; estimating that a first IoT sensor estimated as having has a wiring error; and calibrating a value of the power data associated with the IoT sensor by using the Potential Transformer (PT) matrix and the Current Transformer (CT) matrix.
4. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein, the power data acquired from ach of the plurality of IoT sensors include synchronization information, and wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: synchronizing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by referring to the synchronization information.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the metering server performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using a net-increasing counting variable as the synchronization information wherein the net-increasing counting variable increases whenever the one or more IoT sensors transmit the power data; synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using a time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a periodically-reset counting variable; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using both the net-increasing counting variable and the long-period parameter as the synchronization information.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the long-period parameter is set as the periodically-reset counting variable such that the long-period parameter corresponds to the time range including a period where each of variations in each of loads corresponding to each of the electric devices are reflected.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the metering server performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a value of an RTC (Real Time Clock) embedded in the one or more IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using the time range corresponding to the long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein part of values of the RTC embedded in the one or more IoT sensors is used as the net-increasing counting variable for the long-period parameter.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein, at initial installation of the plurality of IoT sensors, the metering server (i) initializes each starting time of measurement of the plurality of IoT sensors and (ii) initializes the synchronization information on the plurality of IoT sensors, by referring to broadcast signal from the plurality of IoT sensors over the network.
9. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors includes synchronization information, and wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: acquiring synchronized power data in response to the gateway synchronizing and transmitting the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by referring to the synchronization information.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the gateway performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using a net-increasing counting variable as the synchronization information wherein the net-increasing counting variables increase whenever the one or more IoT sensors transmit the power data; synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using a time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a periodically-reset counting variable; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using both the net-increasing counting variable and the long-period parameter as the synchronization information.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the gateway performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a value of an RTC (Real Time Clock) embedded in the one or more IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using the time range corresponding to the long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter includes part of values of the RTC embedded in the one or more IoT sensors to be used for the net-increasing counting variable.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein, at initial installation of the plurality of IoT sensors, the gateway (i) initializes each starting time of measurement of the plurality of IoT sensors and (ii) initializes the synchronization information on the plurality of IoT sensors, by referring to broadcast signal from the plurality of IoT sensors over the network.
13. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the metering server comprises: a communication part, for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: identifying a first distribution board of the plurality of distribution boards; identifying one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors installed on at least one inlet line of the first distribution board, the identifying of the one or more IoT sensors based on measurement points information associated with the one or more IoT sensors; and metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to the power consumed by the electric devices that are electrically connected with the first distribution board, the metering based on values of the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors.
14. The metering server of claim 13 , wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: determining that at least one of the inlet lines is wired a single-phase type; estimating that a first IoT sensor has a wiring error; and calibrating a value of the power data associated with the first IoT sensor by using a calibration constant.
15. The metering server of claim 13 , wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: determining that at least one of the inlet lines is wired a multi-phase type; acquiring a Potential Transformer (PT) matrix and a Current Transformer (CT) matrix as mis-wiring matrices associated with the multi-phase type; estimating that a first IoT sensor has a wiring error; and calibrating a value of the power data associated with the first IoT sensor by using the Potential Transformer (PT) matrix and the Current Transformer (CT) matrix.
16. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors include synchronization information, and wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: synchronizing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by referring to the synchronization information.
17. The metering server of claim 16 , wherein the processor performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using a net-increasing counting variable as the synchronization information wherein the net-increasing counting variable increases whenever the one or more IoT sensors transmit the power data; synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using a time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a periodically-reset counting variable; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using both the net-increasing counting variable and the long-period parameter as the synchronization information.
18. The metering server of claim 17 , wherein the long-period parameter is set as the periodically-reset counting variable such that the long-period parameter corresponds to the time range including a period where each of variations in each of loads corresponding to each of the electric devices are reflected.
19. The metering server of claim 16 , wherein the processor performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a value of an RTC (Real Time Clock) embedded in the one or more IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using the time range corresponding to the long-period parameter as the includes part of values of the RTC embedded in the one or more IoT sensors to be used for the net-increasing counting variable.
20. The metering server of claim 16 , wherein, at initial installation of the plurality of IoT sensors, the processor (i) initializes each starting time of measurement of the plurality of IoT sensors and (ii) initializes the synchronization information on the plurality of IoT sensors, by referring to ach broadcast signal from the plurality of IoT sensors over the network.
21. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors includes synchronization information, and wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: the communication part acquiring synchronized power data in response to the gateway synchronizing and transmitting the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by referring to the synchronization information.
22. The metering server of claim 21 , wherein the gateway performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using a net-increasing counting variable as the synchronization information wherein the net-increasing counting variables increase whenever the one or more IoT sensors transmit the power data; synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using a time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a periodically-reset counting variable; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using both the net-increasing counting variable and the long-period parameter as the synchronization information.
23. The metering server of claim 21 , wherein the gateway performs a synchronization, and wherein the synchronization comprises at least one of: synchronizing the power data acquired from one or more of the plurality of IoT sensors by using time range corresponding to a long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter is a value of an RTC (Real Time Clock) embedded in the one or more IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the one or more IoT sensors by using the time range corresponding to the long-period parameter as the synchronization information, wherein the long-period parameter includes part of values of the RTC embedded in the one or more IoT sensors to be used for the net-increasing counting variable.
24. The metering server of claim 21 , wherein, at initial installation of the plurality of IoT sensors, the gateway (i) initializes each starting time of measurement by the plurality of IoT sensors and (ii) initializes the synchronization information on the plurality of IoT sensors, by referring to broadcast signal from the plurality of IoT sensors over the network.
25. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: acquiring power singularities occurring periodically, by analyzing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by using the power singularities.
26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the metering server performs a determination of a synchronization time, wherein the determination of the synchronization time comprises at least one of: determining, as the synchronization time, a point of time when at least one statistical value changes, wherein the statistical value is acquired by analyzing the power data using the power singularities; and determining, as the synchronization time, a point of time when each on/off power fingerprint of each load is acquired, wherein said each on/off power fingerprint corresponds to each of the electric devices in the one or more facilities.
27. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using power data that is associated with a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, the method comprising: acquiring, by a metering server, a power pattern time series corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards; and using the power pattern time series, to monitor the power consumed by the one or more electric devices, wherein the using the power pattern time series includes: analyzing the power pattern time series, to thereby detect operation states of independent loads included in the one or more electric devices electrically connected with the plurality of the distribution boards; and classifying the independent loads, whose operation states have been detected, into groups of subordinate independent loads having dependency based on their own time-behaviors, to thereby map each of the independent loads onto the one or more electric devices.
28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the metering server determines first subordinate independent loads among the independent loads as located in a same electric device, wherein operation states of the first subordinate independent loads are repeated with a uniform time interval between occurrences and a uniform duration.
29. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the metering the electrical physical quantity includes: acquiring power singularities occurring periodically, by analyzing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors; and synchronizing the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors by using the power singularities.
30. The metering server of claim 29 , wherein the processor performs a determination of a synchronization time, wherein the determination of the synchronization time comprises at least one of: determining a point of time, when at least one statistical value changes which is acquired by analyzing the power data using the power singularities, as the synchronization time; and determining a point of time, when each on/off power fingerprint of each load corresponding to each of the electric devices in the one or more facilities is acquired, as the synchronization time.
31. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using power data that is associated with a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, the metering server comprising: a communication part for acquiring a power pattern time series corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards; and a processor for using the power pattern time series, to monitor the power consumed by the one or more electric devices, wherein the using the power pattern time series includes: analyzing the power pattern time series, to thereby detect operation states of independent loads included in the one or more electric devices electrically connected with the plurality of the distribution boards; and classifying the independent loads, whose operation states have been detected, into groups of subordinate independent loads having dependency based on their own time-behaviors, to thereby map each of the independent loads onto the one or more electric devices.
32. The metering server of claim 31 , wherein the processor determines first subordinate independent loads among the independent loads as located in a same electric device, wherein operation states of the first subordinate independent loads are repeated with a uniform time interval between occurrences and a uniform duration.
33. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data is acquired during a transmission period and comprises power consumption information collected during a sampling period.
34. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein, if a specific event occurs, the metering server acquires one of (i) one or more power parameters, representing at least one real-time power fluctuation during a period of the specific event, as the power data, from the plurality of IoT sensors, and (ii) (ii-1) the power parameters corresponding to the real-time power fluctuation during a preset period or (ii-2) one or more pattern codes corresponding to one or more characteristic shapes of at least one power pattern in time series, as the power data, from the plurality of IoT sensors.
35. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data includes at least part of voltage information, current information, power information, energy information, harmonics information, flicker information, imbalance information, and main signaling information.
36. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and a metering server, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, by the metering server, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and metering, by the metering server, the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the metering server performs a calibration, and wherein the calibration comprises at least one of: calibrating the electrical physical quantity using one or more calibration coefficients associated with the at least one gateway and one or more calibration coefficients associated with the IoT sensors; calibrating, based on total power, one or more measurements of the electrical physical quantity for at least one phase of an inlet line wiring; and calibrating the electrical physical quantity based on one or more measurements of the electrical physical quantity.
37. A method for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using power data that is associated with a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, the method comprising: acquiring, by a metering server, a power pattern time series corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards; and using the power pattern time series, to monitor the power consumed by the one or more electric devices, wherein, if a plurality of IoT sensors installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines associated with a respective distribution board of the plurality of distribution boards transmits the power data corresponding to the power consumed by the electric devices, the metering server acquires the power data transmitted from the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network, and analyzes the power data, to thereby acquire the power pattern time series.
38. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data is acquired by the communication part during a transmission period and comprises power consumption information collected during a sampling period.
39. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein, if a specific event occurs, the communication part acquires one of (i) one or more power parameters, representing at least one real-time power fluctuation during a period of the specific event, as the power data, from the plurality of IoT sensors, and (ii) (ii-1) the power parameters corresponding to the real-time power fluctuation during a preset period or (ii-2) one or more pattern codes corresponding to one or more characteristic shapes of at least one power pattern in time series, as the power data, from the plurality of IoT sensors.
40. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the power data includes at least part of voltage information, current information, power information, energy information, harmonics information, flicker information, imbalance information, and main signaling information.
41. A metering server for metering at least one electrical physical quantity using a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, wherein each of the plurality of IoT sensors is installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines, and wherein each of the plurality of inlet lines is associated with a respective distribution board of a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, and wherein the method comprises: a communication part for acquiring from the plurality of IoT sensors, power data corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards, wherein the power data are transmitted by the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network; and a processor for metering the electrical physical quantity corresponding to total power consumed in the one or more facilities, the metering based on the power data acquired from the plurality of IoT sensors, wherein the processor performs a calibration, and wherein the calibration comprises at least one of: calibrating the electrical physical quantity using one or more calibration coefficients associated with the at least one gateway and one or more calibration coefficients associated with the IoT sensors; calibrating, based on total power, one or more measurements of the electrical physical quantity for at least one phase of an inlet line wiring; and calibrating the electrical physical quantity based on one or more measurements of the electrical physical quantity.
42. A metering server for metering at least associated with a plurality of distribution boards in one or more facilities, the metering server comprising: a communication part for acquiring a power pattern time series corresponding to power consumed by one or more electric devices electrically connected with one or more of the plurality of distribution boards; and a processor for using the power pattern time series, to monitor the power consumed by the one or more electric devices, wherein, if a plurality of IoT sensors installed in a respective inlet line of a plurality of inlet lines associated with a respective distribution board of the plurality of distribution boards transmits the power data corresponding to the power consumed by the electric devices, the processor acquires the power data transmitted from the plurality of IoT sensors via at least one gateway over a network, and analyzes the power data, to thereby acquire the power pattern time series.
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